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YouTube streamer CohhCarnage posted nearly three hours of early gameplay for Silent Hill: Townfall, a first‑person psychological horror set in 1996 Scotland where you play Simon Ordell, using a pocket CRTV to tune unstable signals, evade enemies, and solve story‑driven puzzles as a dark truth about St. Amelia emerges; the Konami‑published title arrives on September 24 and includes PC system requirements.
Deadline reports that cult Japanese game Lollipop Chainsaw is getting a live-action feature film produced by an international team, with license from Dragami Games; the movie is pitched as an R-rated action comedy set before the original game, following Juliet Starling as she fights a zombie outbreak at her school, while a new game and an animated series are also in the works as part of a broader Asia-to-global entertainment franchise push.
Hideo Kojima has cast Bill Skarsgård as the lead in Physint, a vision of his action-espionage project described as a spiritual successor to Metal Gear Solid; the teaser and poster tease a Cold War vibe while plot details remain scarce, as Kojima expands cross-media collaborations.
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave reveals its extensive voice cast, led by Cai, Dietrich, Eshmel, Fortuna, Leda, Sothis, Solel, and Theodora, with a long list of supporting characters; the cast details are being shared via the Nintendo Today app, and the game is set to release on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17, 2026.
Exodus, a sci-fi video game announced for 2026, promises grounded science, political stakes, and time-dilation-driven gameplay, blending influences from The Expanse and Project Hail Mary while offering some unusual twists like an octopus-piloted mech; the broader 2026 slate includes the Project Hail Mary film and Dune: Part Three, underscoring a growing market for science-fiction storytelling in entertainment.
Frontier Developments, the studio behind Planet Coaster and Jurassic World Evolution, has announced a partnership with Disney to develop a new video game based on Disney IP. The project is fully funded by Frontier and will build on the company’s expertise in the creative management simulation (CMS) genre, but no title, scope, or release window has been disclosed. Frontier CEO Jo Cooke expressed excitement about connecting players with Disney’s iconic brand and leveraging the developer’s CMS experience to shape the game.
Netflix’s 27‑minute Grand Theft Auto VI preview drew 31.1 million global weekend views, ranking first on Netflix’s English-language film list in 87 of 93 tracked countries; YouTube reports about 17 million views, with Netflix counting views via hours viewed, signaling strong anticipation for GTA VI after a 13‑year hiatus.
Konami's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse reveals its English voice cast (including Abby Trott as Rose Belmont, J.B. Blanc as Trevor Belmont, Alejandra Reynoso as Sypha Belnades, Graham McTavish as Dracula and others). The game is scheduled for October 15 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Cloud/PC, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. Developed by Evil Empire with Motion Twin, it takes place in 15th-century Paris two decades after Castlevania III, tasking Belmont's successor to hunt monsters with the Holy Whip and explore a sprawling castle—the first new Castlevania title since 2014.
AEW reportedly wrote down at least $30 million on the Fight Forever game after a delayed 2022–2023 release, with sales roughly half of expectations; the company isn’t ruling out revisiting the title later, but no timeline is set, and licensing rumors remain unconfirmed.
Insider Gaming reported that AEW's Fight Forever was a massive money loser, tallying at least a $30 million hit due to missed development deadlines and higher costs, with sales roughly half of internal expectations. AEW isn’t rushing into another game and is looking at licensing or a long-term reboot rather than an imminent sequel.
Insider Gaming reports AEW took a loss of at least $30 million on Fight Forever due to long development delays and sales undershooting expectations; with no current deal with developer Yuke’s, AEW could explore a new developer since it owns the game engine and has signaled interest in revisiting wrestling video games in the future.
Creative Assembly is developing Alien: Isolation 2, set months after the first game at a Weyland-Yutani outpost called Kurosaki Station with a new lead, Blake. The sequel aims to preserve the claustrophobic survival vibe while the xenomorph expands its hunting to exterior environments, and it may introduce hostile humans as well. It’s coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2.
Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Wolverine reimagines Logan as a heavier, emotionally vulnerable antihero in an original Earth-1048 world, with brutal combat, a new traversal system, memory-driven mind-cabin puzzles, and a lineup of iconic suits, all leading to a September 15 PS5 release.
Trailmark Games and the Coolabi Group announced Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest, a turn-based RPG based on the Warrior Cats novels. Players customize a Warrior Cat, manage their den and clan loyalties, and guide four story campaigns—ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan—through forests, moorlands and sacred sites with StarClan lore shaping each playthrough. The game releases this fall on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch, marking Trailmark’s second licensed title after The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival; the Warrior Cats franchise has sold over 90 million copies.
WWE star Damian Priest voices The Hood in Marvel Rivals, taking the Vanguard/tank role as a ranged character with two forms; The Hood debuts August 7, and Priest previously auditioned for Namor, who also appears in Marvel Rivals with an alternate skin inspired by Tenoch Huerta.